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I've always wanted my own TARDIS. Growing up watching Doctor Who, it was a given that having one would just be awesome but after searching and searching, I learned that finding a decent sized one was frustrating at best and even the small ones are not cheap (unless you make the cardboard one from the instructions in the old technical manual..).
I was planning on making myself a 1/6th Dalek, still am, but I wanted to plan out a TARDIS while I was at it.

While my wife and I were at Michaels pricing the stuff I'd need to build it, she reminded me that this paycheck was a bit fatter than usual, so I went for it.

1/6th Scale Tardis - YouTube
thats where I am right at this moment.. Cost me about $60.00 in materials, I THINK that I have enough to finish lol :P
I'm hoping to finish it up before the end of the week.

lol Not a fan of Colin Baker are we?
I'm not either, I've heard stories that he wanted to play the Doctor differently but wasn't allowed.. I don't know but I do know I hated his Doctor.
The two newest guys arent bad either.

The story is, but I can't vouch for it's accuracy, that Colin wanted to dress like Victorian undertaker, and be weighed down with the guilt and woes of 900-odd years of fighting evil and not always winning...

The story is, but I can't vouch for it's accuracy, that Colin wanted to dress like Victorian undertaker, and be weighed down with the guilt and woes of 900-odd years of fighting evil and not always winning...

Would have been interesting to see the Doctor like that.. I think I would have liked him as the Doctor had that been the case. I didn't totally hate his Doctor, he did have some good episodes but he always seemed too smug.
I made some progress on the TARDIS today...
I added the step-up on the top after I took these. Probably won't do any more tonight but I'll try to do some tomorrow after work.

I made some MINOR progress this weekend... my mother-in-law went into the hospital with chest pains and VERY high blood pressure. Like twice the normal level.
I DID however get my Doctor figure in the mail today so at least something good happened.
I don't know how much progress I'll make in the next few days but I'll try to get some work done whenever I can.

I did more work to the body and got the lights added... no sound and the light at the top is constant instead of flashing, but they work (after much fiddling with it this evening.. I had them working then hooked in the power and bang.. nothing, I had to re-work EVERY connection but it's working now :P).
I took a video that I uploaded to youtube, it may not be fully processed just yet.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0iLeVBpJC4

I managed to get some more work done today.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dirk9REmJTA
I added the pitch to the roof last night and the top lamp today.
and here is how I power the thing... nothing glorious but it works.

I got the sign boxes and floor provided by Jiminydog from the sideshow collectors site printed up today and added them to my box.
The signs came out a little big but thats MY fault.
oh yeah, I've built a K9. He's not 100% accurate.. probably not 65% accurate but he works for now.
Here is a shot of the floor
The Doctor prepares to go back to where I display him...
Here is a walk around youtube videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXLgPB46PrQ
Me

I found this build rewarding.. I learned quite a bit while building my TARDIS. There are a few things I'd do differently but not many.
So... I got a package in the mail today.
Says "Royal Mail"... Even my Tennant Doctor wonders what it is.
The TARDIS Doors swing open and he finds out.
So, yeah.. I bought myself the Walkie-talkies and as I type this the Doctor's head has been mounted on a new body but I need to re-paint it and make his outfit.
Oh.. I'm re-working my Hasbro episode 3 Anakin and had a leftover right hand soo.... I made a Doctor Detector.

It's been a while but I've added some things to my collection and made progress on others.
Here are some of the things I've added since then
He will be my #8

#4 doesn't really look like Tom Baker much but I'm trying to nail down the clothes first
I bought a clockwork man and re-painted the mask although the cracks are WAY out of scale...
and Since the Krylon flat had never set up on my Eccleston, he got stripped and re-painted too
I've started on a Dalek but haven't made much progress yet

You are doing some 'wicked' stuff there! My g/f has been drawn into a group of doll collectors. Well, collectors and doll COSTUMERS. She needs to see this stuff since she's also a Who fan. The TARDIS looks cool too, but your figures and costumes are spectacular. OH, I know SEVERAL people who would love to discuss your work with you.

St. Louis? If you ever swing through those parts again, let me know.

Do you buy these 12" figures already as WHO characters? The Tenant and Eccleston face sculpts look fairly close. What about the costumes?

You are doing some 'wicked' stuff there! My g/f has been drawn into a group of doll collectors. Well, collectors and doll COSTUMERS. She needs to see this stuff since she's also a Who fan. The TARDIS looks cool too, but your figures and costumes are spectacular. OH, I know SEVERAL people who would love to discuss your work with you.

St. Louis? If you ever swing through those parts again, let me know.

Do you buy these 12" figures already as WHO characters? The Tenant and Eccleston face sculpts look fairly close. What about the costumes?

right lets see... I'm planning to move back to St.Louis either late 2010 or early 2011 but I'll be visiting before then
As for the figures.. the David Tennant and Chris Eccleston sculpts come from existing Doctor Who toys. They made a Tennant in the suit with his sonic and everything but he was difficult to find by the time I got into it so I got the Doctor in Spacesuit figure and swapped his head onto another body.
I picked up a suit for him and grabbed (in the most recent update) some shoes from a Barbie "Ken" clothing set that looked close enough.
Here is a link to amazon UK with many of their 1:6th figures.. the daleks are not true 1:6th as they are a full 12" tall http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss?...o+12&x=19&y=14 I don't know if you can import them through that but it might give you an idea what to search for.
I bought the Tennant Doctor, Cyberman, and Clockwork man from http://www.whona.com/
The Eccleston head is from a walkie-talkie, I bought him on ebay from the UK.. it was a set of the Doctor and Slitheen so when you get them, it's kind of a two-fer
Costumes are another story. The Tennant Costume is a suit set I bought on ebay, Eccleston's gear (minus shoes) is all hand made by me. Baker's Pants come from the sideshow figure "The Chief" from "Get Smart" his shirt from a Donald Trump figure, and his Jacket is a dyed version of the Jacket that came with the Sideshow Roger Moore from The Man With the Golden Gun figure. His shoes are from Hasbro Indiana Jones.

#8's pants are from the Roger Moore figure again (as is his body, shirt, and shoes) the vest came with the set for Tennant and the Jacket from a snoop dogg figure. It WAS yellow and black but has been dyed.
I intend to make more accurate clothes for #8 based upon the sideshow Nosferatu's coat.

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